Large format albumen photo measures 8.75” x 10.75” overall. Entrance to office of Sanitary Commission at #8 Cherry Street, Nashville, TN. Two small signs are visible on the office: “U.S. / Sanitary / Commission / Branch / Office” and “Illinois / State / Agent.” Office is attached to a two-story brick building. This building also features a small sign. It appears to have a name followed by “moved to ___ Union St. next to state bank.” Image is extremely clear with very good contrast.

The United States Sanitary Commission (USSC) was a private relief agency created by federal legislation on June 18, 1861, to support sick and wounded soldiers of the United States Army (Federal / Northern / Union Army) during the American Civil War. It operated across the North, raised an estimated $25 million in Civil War era revenue (assuming 1865 dollars, $422.66 million in 2021) and in-kind contributions to support the cause, and enlisted thousands of volunteers. The president was Henry Whitney Bellows, and Frederick Law Olmsted acted as executive secretary. It was modeled on the British Sanitary Commission, set up during the Crimean War (1853-1856), and from the British parliamentary report published after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ("Sepoy Rebellion").  [jet] [ph:L]

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